Obama offers condolences over ‘tragic incident’ in Kunduz

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Saturday offered his “deepest condolences” over a suspected US airstrike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz that killed 19 people.

“On behalf of the American people, I extend my deepest condolences to the medical professionals and other civilians killed and injured in the tragic incident at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz,” he said in a statement released by the White House.

“The Department of Defense has launched a full investigation, and we will await the results of that inquiry before making a definitive judgment as to the circumstances of this tragedy,” Obama said.